Hello everyone. Lovely day in the neighborhood here. 60*F outdoors and 75* in the house! Windows now open, birds are singing, and kitties all fed. A very pretty spring day.
We often feel cheated, we often feel sad, we often feel loss - but we also feel joy, and happiness, and we have the bestest memories ever!
Hang on to those memories - what a gift it is to be able to have them.
I think we should spend our lives doing the best we can, not just for ourselves, but to honor others. I believe the spirit of all our loved ones is still with us, and we need to do good in their honor.
Smile more often. Help more often. Enjoy more often. Spread love more often. Laugh more often.
Just be the BEST you can be my friends.
Be the good memory someone else has one day!!!!
I hope you all have a lovely day and a fantastic weekend!
Amen! Hugs as I know this day holds lots of emotions 🫂❤️
ReplyDeleteIt does - but a lot of good ones, as well as bad. I know where my sweety is, so that is comforting.
DeleteLife does go on - we need to make the most of it.
What a fine post! Saved the illustration too. Yes, there are good and bad, happy and sad anniversaries. We all get to try them out. Hugs for you.
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Thanks. Life gives us quite a potpourri of emotions and feelings. We manage through them all - and we come out stronger.
DeleteI can't believe it has been seven years already. Big hugs to you Cheryl. Thank you for all of your reminders about slowing down and truly embracing life and cherishing all of our blessings.
ReplyDeleteThanks - I know. Sometimes it seems like yesterday and some days it seems like forever. I just cherish them all - and trying to make new memories each day. We are truly blessed.
DeleteThanks Cheryl, I needed this post! Not Bossy
ReplyDeleteYou got it! Glad it reached someone needing to hear it!
DeleteWow! Well said! Anniversaries such as the one you are experiencing today can be very bittersweet. Sweet because you had the privilege of being married to Glen, and bitter because he is no long physically with you. All three of my brothers are gone and I wondered how their wives coped. Pinned both posters to my Quotes board on Pinterest.
ReplyDeleteTake care, my friend.
I was very privileged to have had 33 years of my life with him. That was a tremendous gift. It is tough to move forward, but we have to - they would expect it.
DeleteEach day gets a bit better - never over - but better.
Thanks.
Losing a loved on is so hard. Take care of yourself today, Cheryl, and enjoy your memories.
ReplyDeleteA simple life to me doesn’t mean accomplishing a million things a day. I guess some people like that but it’s not for me. Barbara M.
It is very tough - but yet here we are. We do get through it. It is a day much like the one he left on - beautiful and today I just am taking the beauty in.
DeleteYou are right, we just need to go most with the flow and do what is important today - not everything deserves our attention. I like taking it slower.
I am saving today's post to share with my sister when she is ready to hear it...she lost her husband a little over 2 years ago. Glad you are now able to focus on the good memories and take comfort in them.
ReplyDeleteI hope it helps someone at some point. It takes time, but we do better each day. Life DOES go on. Hugs to your sister.
DeleteI had a great gift and I am so appreciative.
Many hugs from me to you.
ReplyDeleteI feel them!!!! I wish you guys had gotten into town a year earlier. You would have loved him - and he you.
DeleteThe marker days are so gut wrenching. But, remembering the joyful times helps get through the marker days. Mine would be amazed at how much change has happened in our lives in just three years, hopefully proud and cheering us on.
ReplyDeleteI am very sure he is cheering you on and very proud. You have come a long way. The days are still sad - but those wonderful memories help tons. Just be grateful for the days you had together - a special, special gift.
DeleteVery wise words. I hope you have a lovely day too, Cheryl.
ReplyDeleteThank you dear. I have tried to enjoy this lovely spring day.
DeleteI can hardly believe that it is 7 years already.
ReplyDeleteTreasure the memories and know that a lot of us are thinking of you today.
Sometimes I can hardly believe it either. I have wonderful memories and I had 33 wonderful years. Many people never have that. I have been blessed.
DeleteVery well written, Cheryl! You are so uplifting and that is the reason why I so like your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I appreciate your kind words. I just believe we if we lift each other up - it is so much better than being nasty. Glad you are here.
DeleteHugs. A few years back I read "to have sorrow for loss means we had joy, love". I hope this doesn't feel trite. Oh how you have expressed your love for each other many times over the years. 💗
ReplyDeleteI believe that 110%. Not trite at all. I do believe we wouldn't mourn if we hadn't loved.
DeleteWe did have a lovely marriage a great time together.
Sending warm hugs to you, Cheryl. I'm only six weeks into this new journey and your sharing and advice have been so helpful. May God continue to richly bless you. Cookie
ReplyDeleteOh Cookie, thank you. You have so many things to experience in this new season of life. It will be tough and it will be awakening. You remember so many things that you thought were once gone from memory. Good things.
DeleteI just feel happy knowing they are healthy and with the Lord.
Someday together again!
Bless you dear - reach out anytime you need to.
My new definition of life goals is you Cheryl. What an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteTake care, Louise